who is rather annoying and after meeting her last semester because we had two classes together, I realized that it would be impossible to get rid of her. This sounds harsh, I know, but you must understand that I do not do well with overly talkative and annoying people. She’s both and it gets to the point where I tune her out and just nod my head. What struck me about her recently though is the fact that she’s very…oh, I’m not sure what word to use to describe her but let me give you a few examples and then perhaps you can come up with a descriptive word for her.

Example one: at lunch last week, I was telling her about the hit and run that happened to my car and how the person who did it didn’t leave a note. I was explaining to her how pissed I was, not that my car was hit because at that point I was over it but the fact that there was no note, that I was going to have to pay out of pocket for something I didn’t do. She told me “if I hit a car, I wouldn’t leave a note…would you?” I looked at her with a taken aback expression, I couldn’t believe she just said that and asked me if I would leave a note or not. I told her that I would, especially after feeling the way I did without having a note left on my car; I wouldn’t want to leave someone else to pay for a mistake I made. She just nodded her head.

Example two: Since we have three back to back classes together on Tuesday/Thursday, she drives me home making it easier on me which is much appreciated. And because we have the same classes and she drives me home, I asked her if she wanted to stop by the bookstore after our last class yesterday to pick up our Abnormal Psychology book since it was in stock finally and we have a test this coming week; she said sure…that she had ordered hers online and she could just pick it up while I got mine off the shelf. She had mentioned earlier in the week that she had paid $44 for hers online but I over heard someone in class saying they paid $63 for it. The $44 price was for a used textbook but since these books were brand new, no used in stock because it’s a different book, they were more expensive. She said she’d have to check with the clerk. We picked up the books and headed over to the counter where she had a hard time explaining to the girl what the situation was; see…my friend is Persian and has a very thick accent despite having been in Kansas for nine + years now so it’s very hard to understand her and she’s not very good at explaining things. The girl at the counter thought the $44 was the price it was advertised as when my friend found it online, so I jumped in and told her the truth before she let my friend buy it for cheaper while I was standing there having to buy the same book for $63 (with tax). I explained to her that the $44 was for a USED book but because these were NEW books that the price was different. The girl finally understood what I was saying and said she’d have to charge my friend the correct price. My friend, of course, got irritated with me to which I told her “hey, everyone wants to save money especially when buying textbooks but it’s not fair for you to get it for the price of a used book when it’s clearly new just because this girl didn’t understand the situation. Not to mention, if you got it for $44 then she’d have to give it to me for $44 as well.”

I’m not exactly sure how to explain her logic or her reasoning behind things. On the way home yesterday she asked me for the hundredth time to find my western civilization notes so she could borrow them, which I keep telling her I can’t find them (normally, I don’t keep my notes for classes unless I really liked the class because it’s just clutter) to avoid telling her that I’m not going to give them to her because I’m not going to aid in her laziness when it comes to classes. She NEVER pays attention in class and would rather sit there texting on her phone instead of taking notes, so she’s constantly taking my paper while I’m in the middle of taking notes to copy what I wrote down. She’s always in my ear asking me questions and I just want to strangle her. I pay attention in class and it’s not my job to baby sit her and make sure she gets the information she needs. I’ve tried to tell her she needs to pay attention and this that and the other, but I don’t think she understands that I’m being serious. There’s no way to get rid of her since we have classes together and it’s not that I don’t like her, it’s just…she’s not the kind of person I’d normally be friends with.

Do you have any friends like this or have had any friends like this? If so, what did you do when they did things that annoyed you?